Cover for tooth-brushes.



S. D. BRELSFOARYD.

COVER FOR TOOTH BRUSHES.

APPLICATION FILED IUNE 30. I916.

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brush to dry.

SOPHIA D. BRELSFOABD, OF MAROA, ILLINOIS.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented De 19, 1916,,

Application filed June 30, 1916. Serial No. 106,864.

T 0 all whomc't may concern:

Be it known that I, SOPHIA D. BRELS- FOARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Maroa, in the county of Macon, 'State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Covers for Tooth- Brushes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention is directed to improvements in covers for tooth brushes, and

. has for its object to provide a device of is character so constructed that the same an be easily and quickly engaged with or detached from the tooth brush, as desired.

A further object of the invention is to provide a cover of this character constructed in such a manner that the tooth brush can be fully inclosed therein so as to protect the same from contamination.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which consists of a minimum number of parts so connected that they can be operated for re-.

moving or replacing the tooth brush in a quick and easy manner.

l With these and other objects in View, this invention resides in the novel features of construction, formation, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation'of the device. Fig. 2 is a top plan view. Fig. 3 is a sectional view' on line 3-3 of Fig. 2. F g. 4 is an end View. 77 p The cover consists of a pair of sections 1 and 2, saidsections each consisting of a handle receiving portion 3'and brush head receiving portion 4, said sections beingshaped so as to conform to the contourof the conventional make of tooth brush. Q The sides of the portions l'are provided with perforations 5 so that air can circulate through the sections when in confronting relation so as to permit the bristle of the The outer ends of the portions 3 are provided with openings 6 which are adapted to be engaged by the inwardly directed extensions 7 carried by the arms of the U- shaped resilient clip 8, said clip serving to hold the portions 3 pivotally engaged,

whereby the sections 1 and 2 can be swung so that the tooth brush can be placed in the covering or removed therefrom. One of the head portions 3 is provided with a lug 9, while the' other is provided with a spring latch 10, said latch being adapted to engage the lug 9 so as to hold the sections 1 and 2 in confronting relation so as to entirely cover the tooth brush. i

The sections 1 and 2 are preferably formed from aluminum or any other suitable material may be employed, if desired,

From the foregoing description it will be seen that a covering of this character has been provided so constructed that a tooth brush may be placed therein and thoroughly protected when being carried in a valiseor in the pocket.

-What is claimed is A covering for tooth brushes comprising a pair of complementary sections, each of said sections being provided with a handle receiving portion and a brushreceiving portion, each handle receiving portion being provided with an opening at the end thereof, a resilient'U shaped clip engaging said openings, the sections being thereby pivoted to each other so that either section maybe.

swung around said pivot as a center'in .a plane parallel to the longitudinal plane of the other section, a spring latch carried by the end of one of the brush head receiving portions and a lug carried by the other brush SOPHIA D. BRELSFOARD,

Witnesses:

B. F. SHIPLEY,

E. E. BRELSFOARD. 

